"She looked as though she took very seriously the direction on the back of various creams and powders to 'apply liberally..'"

While waiting to get my car back from the shop this morning (she's been out of commission since before Thanksgiving due to an unfortunate, not-my-fault, parking-garage accident), I picked up a smudged and wrinkled, clearly archaic issue of Cosmo. While perusing the usual fashion and relationship advice, I found a page-ish article about this "radical" guy who decided to follow the dating advice of a "very old source"--The Bible. Turns out, God had some pretty legit thoughts about how men and women ought to deal with each other. (Props to anyone who is able to find the article online...after wading through a whole lot of awkward essays--given I am at work right now--about sex positions, physical oddities, and other bedroom Q&A, I still couldn't come up with a link.) The writer basically pulls out a bunch of scriptural references and explains how they are relevant today. Huh...

Last night I listened to Shoreline's sermon archives in reverse. It was funny hearing Brian reference what he said "last week," only to listen to that message immediately following. I also cleaned out my closet and thrice clogged our new vacuum in an effort to detox the apartment. Admittedly, I was only half listening to the sermons, but since I had already heard most of them before, I'd like to think that the bits and pieces that stood out were the important points of each.

Behind me, one of my students asks our director, "If you don't shave...you're pretty hairy, right? For an Asian anyway..."

And it turns out that I've been wrong all these years when I use the term "per say" in my writing. It should actually read "per se." I was inadvertently corrected by a student, whilst she explained this common misconception to another. Wikipedia confirmed. I save face by not chiming in on their conversation.

Meanwhile, the college application race turns dirty. Student M can't remember the name of the professor with whom she studied 3 summers ago. Miss Per Se was in the same program, remembers, but won't cough up the info. Drama!!

*Sigh* Another day in the life of Meredith Teacher.

I'm counting down the last hour and a half of the workday. Like watching the sun set, everything moves too slow. I think about how much more of the Bible than those few snippets mentioned in Cosmo actually applies to my life, and I wish I made more time to actually read and internalize all of it.